gapeach1970 Posted February 11, 2013 #101 Share Posted February 11, 2013 We just got off a 7 day cruise and yes Rum Runners worked great. There were 12 of us and we all got our booze on. And yes we ALL spent money at the bars:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LincolnLog Posted February 11, 2013 #102 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I guess I still don't get the concept of the rum runners. Do you just put them in your carry on bags and they don't inspect them? If that's the case what's stopping you from just packing bottles of booze in your carry on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrD Posted February 11, 2013 #103 Share Posted February 11, 2013 The difference is between a bottle-shaped density on xray vs an amorphous one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mr walker Posted February 11, 2013 #104 Share Posted February 11, 2013 The drinks are SO expensive on the cruise..... Alcoholic and non.... Could easily spend $300+ more on just drinks so I think they should allow some drinks. Glad to see the 2 bottles of wine now. Really - I think the drink prices are quite reasonable compared to bars and restaurants on land. Never even considered smuggling alcohol or soda or water on - I think a bigger problem is the cost of the cruise itself - been trying to work out a way to smuggle extra people on to reduce the costs :) Surely RCI wouldn't object to an occasional stowaway. People will always want to break rules - what's amusing is the rationale they use & the need to 'boast' about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langley Cruisers Posted February 11, 2013 #105 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I guess I still don't get the concept of the rum runners. Do you just put them in your carry on bags and they don't inspect them? If that's the case what's stopping you from just packing bottles of booze in your carry on? All luggage, carry on and checked, is x-rayed. That's what stopping you, thus passengers resort to other methods such as rum runners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNV-IT!!! Posted February 11, 2013 #106 Share Posted February 11, 2013 (edited) I guess I still don't get the concept of the rum runners. Do you just put them in your carry on bags and they don't inspect them? If that's the case what's stopping you from just packing bottles of booze in your carry on? Imagine an iv bag full of your choice of booze. With a screw top. You fill those up. Pack them between your clothes (like between two jeans stacked) and check the bag on. Works every time. Edited February 11, 2013 by UNV-IT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipLondon Posted February 11, 2013 #107 Share Posted February 11, 2013 ............This way I could have brandy and coffee or just plain brandy or gin etc. Whats your take? Whats my take?................Cheap, that is my take...........you asked :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north29 Posted February 11, 2013 #108 Share Posted February 11, 2013 By the way, taking liquor onboard is against the rules. If you can't live by the rules then you should cruise on another cruiseline. This Royal Caribbean board does not care for those who purposely break the rules. WOW, you must not have been on this site very long, in case you are interested just search for rum runners and other means of smuggling alcohol on board. The CC members give RC good advice on new techniques on smuggling. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langley Cruisers Posted February 11, 2013 #109 Share Posted February 11, 2013 WOW, you must not have been on this site very long, in case you are interested just search for rum runners and other means of smuggling alcohol on board.... Interesting that the member who wrote that has been here for over 10 years. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNV-IT!!! Posted February 11, 2013 #110 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Whats my take?................Cheap, that is my take...........you asked :D I call the people who don't do it naive. Most other lines allow you to bring the bottles on board. Including Rccl's sister lines. Rccl only has this rule because they know their demographic are large drinkers and that's where their onboard revenue is to be had. Along with the casino of course. Which goes hand in hand with drinking. They simply just want more of your money. Even Disney which is expensive to begin with allows you to bring booze onboard. So they must be cheap because they allow booze to be brought on. I guess X also must be filled with cheap scum too. Dirty cruise lines. Yuck :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisegirl1 Posted February 11, 2013 #111 Share Posted February 11, 2013 (edited) I call the people who don't do it naive. Most other lines allow you to bring the bottles on board. Including Rccl's sister lines. Rccl only has this rule because they know their demographic are large drinkers and that's where their onboard revenue is to be had. Along with the casino of course. Which goes hand in hand with drinking. They simply just want more of your money. Even Disney which is expensive to begin with allows you to bring booze onboard. So they must be cheap because they allow booze to be brought on. I guess X also must be filled with cheap scum too. Dirty cruise lines. Yuck :rolleyes: If you are referring to Celebrity as RCCL's sister... Celebrity allows two bottles of wine per cabin at embarkation , the same as RCCL, and does not allow other alcohol to be brought on board. M Edited February 11, 2013 by cruisegirl1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogimax Posted February 11, 2013 #112 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Most other lines allow you to bring the bottles on board. Please list those cruise lines (which you put in the majority) which allow you to bring bottled liquor onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dscomp Posted February 11, 2013 #113 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I heard from a guy who knew a guy that said as long as you signed the waiver promising not to wear jeans to the MDR you could bring on your own liquor.......:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrD Posted February 11, 2013 #114 Share Posted February 11, 2013 One day they may enforce the rule that you can be denied boarding if caught smuggling. Do that to a few people and it would stop pretty quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAHA Posted February 11, 2013 #115 Share Posted February 11, 2013 (edited) So where are we at? Rum runners work? :D I, too, am one of those people who have no issue at all paying for drinks on board. However I am super picky about what I drink and has anyone ever noticed how no bar ever seems to have diet sprite or god forbid diet caffeine free coke? My drink of choice is sweet tea vodka and ice tea. The name is deceiving as the vodka has no more sugar in it than clear vodka. However, this is not something easy to find. Does anyone know if the ships carry this? This thread cracked me up by the way. I say live and let live. I'm willing to take a chance to bring a small amount of something specific I like that might not be on the ship. Doesn't mean I will not be purchasing wine with dinner, etc. I have been able to get diet Sprite (Sprite Zero) and sometimes caffeine free Diet Coke onboard at bars. They are in cans, though. So, a soda card might not work for them. Edited February 11, 2013 by MAHA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_G Posted February 11, 2013 #116 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I call the people who don't do it naive. Most other lines allow you to bring the bottles on board. Including Rccl's sister lines. Rccl only has this rule because they know their demographic are large drinkers and that's where their onboard revenue is to be had. Along with the casino of course. Which goes hand in hand with drinking. They simply just want more of your money. Even Disney which is expensive to begin with allows you to bring booze onboard. So they must be cheap because they allow booze to be brought on. I guess X also must be filled with cheap scum too. Dirty cruise lines. Yuck :rolleyes: Please list those cruise lines (which you put in the majority) which allow you to bring bottled liquor onboard. No need. Disney is the only line that allows hard liquor to be brought on board. All others just allow wine or champagne. Royal Caribbeans alcohol policy is pretty much identical to all the others except Disney. The argument that they are more restrictive than any others is moot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mr walker Posted February 11, 2013 #117 Share Posted February 11, 2013 One day they may enforce the rule that you can be denied boarding if caught smuggling. Do that to a few people and it would stop pretty quickly. Agree 100% - turn them back at the pier, no refund on their cruise fare and keep their liquor. I am in the process of becoming a shareholder in RC. As an 'owner', albeit a small one, I think that taking a stand on this issue will be of long term benefit. The smugglers, who almost universally claim it's not because they are cheap, will then need to decide if they really want to take a risk in order to get their kicks from breaking the rules they agreed to abide by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langley Cruisers Posted February 11, 2013 #118 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Rest assured, there are those who simply don't know you can't bring hard liquor onboard. My sister and her family took their first cruise ever two years ago, and she mentioned to me in passing that they were going to take a bottle of rum onboard to drink in their cabin. I had to tell her she shouldn't do that and gave her "the scoop". As a newbie, she did not know and did not stop to consider the possibility that this was not allowed. I'm not sure denying someone boarding is the answer; there are those who truly do not realize it is not permitted. Just saying. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted February 11, 2013 #119 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Rest assured, there are those who simply don't know you can't bring hard liquor onboard. My sister and her family took their first cruise ever two years ago, and she mentioned to me in passing that they were going to take a bottle of rum onboard to drink in their cabin. I had to tell her she shouldn't do that and gave her "the scoop". As a newbie, she did not know and did not stop to consider the possibility that this was not allowed. I'm not sure denying someone boarding is the answer; there are those who truly do not realize it is not permitted. Just saying. :) There is an old and wise saying, "Ignorance of the law is no excuse." :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joedog Posted February 11, 2013 #120 Share Posted February 11, 2013 ("Agree 100% - turn them back at the pier, no refund on their cruise fare and keep their liquor. I am in the process of becoming a shareholder in RC. As an 'owner', albeit a small one, I think that taking a stand on this issue will be of long term benefit. The smugglers, who almost universally claim it's not because they are cheap, will then need to decide if they really want to take a risk in order to get their kicks from breaking the rules they agreed to abide by.") Do you actually believe that liquor smuggling is a big enough problem that RC needs to risk alienating customers by stepping up their enforcement of the "rules" to the extent where they will turn people back at the pier? Also, what do you see as the "long term benefit" of an increased enforcement policy? Other than people's "moralizing" ad nauseam on the boards about the evils of smuggling how much of a real "problem" do you think it is? Are there gangs of "drunk on smuggled alcohol" maniacs running amok on the ships? Alcohol smuggling is just another non-problem being elevated to a problem status so people can carp about "those people" who are ruining cruising. If it was a "real" problem, one that truly adversely affected their bottom line, RC would have already done something about it. That's my opinion anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langley Cruisers Posted February 11, 2013 #121 Share Posted February 11, 2013 There is an old and wise saying, "Ignorance of the law is no excuse." :) Of course. *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNV-IT!!! Posted February 11, 2013 #122 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Actually Cunard Azamara(Rccl sister) P&O I believe oceana also allows you to bring on booze along with Disney. People will always claim to know what people's reasons are for smuggling. All they do is assume. I drink my liquor in my room. I wouldn't order a drink to my room if I didn't have it. So Rccl is loosing zero money on me. When I'm out and about I'm still buying drinks. On average I spend a on average $100-175 a day on drinks between myself and whoever I'm traveling with. My bill wouldn't change even If I wasn't bringing stuff on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp30338 Posted February 11, 2014 #123 Share Posted February 11, 2014 2 bottles in carryon and 2 bottles in checked, voila 4 bottles of wine. Yoy can even have your cabin mate do this and thats 8 bottles! Never tried for 8 though, but always get the 4 on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sippican Posted February 11, 2014 #124 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I have heard from a friend that Porta Shots easily make it through in checked luggage. :rolleyes: The quality is not top shelf, but perhaps in a rum Coke, etc. they are passable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean_Waves Posted February 12, 2014 #125 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Oh Where, oh where did the OP go??? Oh Where, oh where could they be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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